Matthew David Blandino.
2016: Transferred to Felician mid-year from Tunxis CC in Farmington, Conn., from which he earned an associate degree... CACC Pitcher of the Year... NCBWA and D2CCA first-team all-region... ABCA second-team all-region... set Felician single-season records for starts (14), innings (100 2/3) and strikeouts (97)... went 9-4 with 2.32 ERA... allowed 79 hits and 16 walks with a .208 opponent batting average... started four shutouts, completing two, including a 10-inning three-hitter with school-record-tying 14 strikeouts vs. Caldwell 3/30... among national top 25 in WHIP and SO/BB... defeated Bridgeport with eight shutout innings in NCAA Regional... earned relief win over Philadelphia in Game 1 of CACC Championship round... three-time CACC Co-Pitcher of the Week.
2015: Played at Division-I Central Connecticut State University... in 11 games (nine starts) was 2-7 with a 2.71 earned-run average... struck out 48 batters and walked 14 in 65 innings... spent the summer with the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
2014: Played at Central Connecticut State University... made 15 appearances, including 10 starts... posted a 4-4 record, two saves, and a 3.09 ERA... gave up 71 hits in 75 2/3 innings with 38 strikeouts and 12 walks.
Prior to College: 2013 Connecticut High School Coaches Association Player of the Year for coach Bunty Ray at Bristol Central High... had a 24-2 record in his high school career, including 19-0 his final two seasons... was a 33rd-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Reds out of high school in 2013.
Personal: Middle of three children of David and Kristen Blandino... majoring in criminal justice... born 7/30/95 in Bristol, Conn.
YR | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AVG | WP | HP | BK |
|---|
| 2014% | 3.09 | 4-4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 75.2 | 71 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 38 | .248 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015% | 4.71 | 2-7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 82 | 42 | 34 | 14 | 48 | .306 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.32 | 9-4 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 100.2 | 79 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 97 | .208 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| FEL Total | 2.32 | 9-4
| 16
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 100.2
| 79
| 35
| 26
| 16
| 97
| .208
| 3
| 5
| 0
|
| Total | 3.21 | 15-15 | 42
| 33
| 12
| 2 | 241.1
| 232
| 103
| 86
| 42
| 183
|
| 12
| 15 | 0 |
% at Central Connecticut State University
